Stridulation is the act of producing sound, as crickets do by rubbing their wings together. In the port administration of Las Palmas, official organizational charts often move at a different speed from dismissal decrees. What began with Canarymaritime’s verification of an institutional notice from Proexca last weekend has ended up exposing the internal contradictions and management missteps affecting the Port Authority of Las Palmas.
The source of the turmoil lies in a notice issued last week by the public company Proexca. The statement placed Beatriz Calzada in Madrid presenting an award to the Boluda shipping group, attributing to her the representation of the Astican Maritime Cluster on behalf of Fundación Puertos de Las Palmas. Verification of the information confirmed that the attribution was false: the entry updated in September 2026 in the official registry of the Greek shipping group’s maritime cluster in the Canary Islands does not list Calzada, but rather Ana Pérez as the effective representative of Fundación Puertos de Las Palmas. To put it plainly: what happened in Madrid is as if the president of Nestlé had presented an award in Senegal as a member of Fundación Tirma.
The return on merit of the ousted executive
The discovery of Ana Pérez’s name in the official registry of the structure chaired by Suárez Calvo takes on significant political and institutional weight when viewed alongside the ongoing selection process for the management of the foundation itself. Pérez, a professional with more than 23 years of experience at the port authority, was removed in 2025 from the executive management post on Beatriz Calzada’s direct orders, under the formal allegation of an alleged “corporate breach.” Sources in port circles attributed her departure at the time to differences in approach and to the executive’s simple lack of fit with the plans of the leadership of Puertos de Las Palmas.
The Port Authority was forced this summer to launch a public call to fill the position. Following the publication of the provisional list of accepted applicants last Friday, September 18, the selection process has left the leadership of Puertos de Las Palmas facing a paradoxical situation: Ana Pérez is not only one of the four accepted candidates, but also leads the ranking with the highest score in the race to regain the position from which she was dismissed a year ago.
Pérez’s possible reinstatement through the technical selection process highlights the operational and reputational costs of personnel management at Fundación Puertos de Las Palmas. While external registries such as the Astican Maritime Cluster have maintained the technical validity of her position, the final decision in the public selection process is shaping up to be an uncomfortable test of institutional rigor for the presidency of the Port Authority.
The article “Stridulation at the Port of Las Palmas: Ana Pérez Listed in Astican Maritime Cluster on Behalf of Puertos Foundation” was first published on canarymaritime.com.
